单词 | peary caribou |
释义 | Peary cariboun. A reindeer of the white subspecies Rangifer tarandus pearyi, which is now restricted to a few islands in the Canadian Arctic. ΚΠ 1908 J. A. Allen in Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 24 487 (heading) The Peary Caribou (Rangifer Pearyi Allen). 1965 Systematic Zool. 14 162/2 The three major forms, the Peary, barren-ground and woodland caribou, are morphologically well differentiated over most of their respective ranges. 1986 B. Lopez Arctic Dreams ii. 44 Three Peary caribou, slightly built and the silver color of the moon, browse a cutbank in that restive way of deer. 1998 Guardian 21 Oct. i. 16/1 One of the world's hardiest animals, the Peary caribou of the high Canadian Arctic, may be the first animal to become extinct as a result of global warming. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1908 |
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